I have written before about the “Michael Collins problem,” the danger of assassination faced by people courageous enough to strike a deal with adversaries in an identity or sovereignty conflict. Collins, who resisted leading Irish Republican negotiations with the British, was assassinated during a civil war fought between advocates and …

Back to 2020, the federal government’s covid-mandated shutdown of meat production plants hobbled the nation’s meat production capabilities, leaving farmers with nowhere to send their beef. This resulted in them having to cull cattle and other livestock. The uncertainty caused farmers to scale back their production at the time, which …

Is China on the decline? Chinese economic statistics like all other information flowing out of China are unreliable, but now those, along with other indicators, paint an unflattering picture of the economy. In May 2021, the Chinese government revised its population data from 2011-19, adding approximately ten million births over …

There are reasons to believe that Poland‘s government and business world have finally started to re-discover Latin America. What are the underlying reasons for this phenomenon and what should we expect from it?Poland’s double challenge Despite being the EU’s sixth-largest state and currently one of its best-performing economies, Poland faces …

Tthe European Central Bank is handling the situation as a fleeting phenomenon, and it believes that to the extent that the pandemic can be checked and geopolitical tensions can be limited, normal balances will return. The pandemic, beyond the serious public health threat it represents for societies, triggered extensive turbulence …

En temas como el mercado eléctrico y las reglas de estabilidad, Sánchez no puede esperar que el nuevo Ejecutivo alemán reme en la misma dirección La visita del canciller alemán Olaf Scholz a la Moncloa ha inaugurado una semana en la que el presidente del Gobierno, Pedro Sánchez, mantendrá contactos …

Новое германское правительство проведет первые переговоры с Россией: в Москву приезжает Анналена Бербок. Министр иностранных дел прилетит в российскую столицу из Киева, что само по себе говорит о приоритетах немецкой политики. Украина — прежде всего, то есть тема мифической угрозы вторжения России остается для Берлина самой главной. Выступая в Киеве, …

Dla coraz młodszych polityków w zachodniej Europie klimat czy walka o prawa kobiet są nieporównanie ważniejsze niż wyrównywanie rachunków z przeszłości. W tym tygodniu nowa minister spraw zagranicznych Niemiec Annalena Baerbock ma się spotkać w Moskwie z szefem rosyjskiej dyplomacji Sergiejem Ławrowem, by „poprzez głęboką wymianę poglądów omówić najbardziej palące …

Moves come as Russia denies US claims that is looking for a pretext to invade Ukraine. The United Kingdom has begun supplying Ukraine with anti-tank weapons and Canada has reportedly deployed a small contingent of special forces to Kyiv amid concerns of a possible invasion by Russia. The developments came …

Petro O. Poroshenko, a former president, returned to Kyiv on Monday facing possible arrest, adding internal political turmoil to a threat of Russian invasion. Ukraine’s former president and a leading opposition figure, Petro O. Poroshenko, returned Monday to Kyiv, where he faced possible arrest on charges of treason, adding internal …